Author Name: MANN, THOMAS; TRANSLATED BY H. T. LOWE-PORTER.
Title: THE HOLY SINNER.
Binding: Hard Cover
Book Condition: Very Good in Very Good dj
Edition: Book of the Month Club
Publisher: New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1951.
Seller ID: 2331
Here Mann elaborates on a medieval legend about 'the exceeding mercy of God and the birth of the blessed Pope Gregory' as he vividly expounds on sin and redemption, the horrors incest and unbridled lust, making the redemption all the more spectacular. Interweaving medieval superstition, the traditions of chivalry, the origins of evil and evil's connection with magic. Black cloth boards and spine, gilt to spine. DW red and blue title panel, illustrated. Book of the month club selection. Upper spine end mildly bumped, small chip to lower, all else very clean, no writing. sm 8vo. 336pp
Holy Sinner, Religious Fiction, Germanic Literature, Medieval Legends Mann's the Holy Sinner, Christian Fiction Christiany, Medieval Legend,
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